[Hidden-tech] laptop/tv connection

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:32:59 -0500 Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com> wrote:

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> I'd be more interested in a way to use the big screen with productivity
> software (i.e., Word, Excel, Powerpoint), as well as in my browser.
> Wouldn't have to be a TV, could be just a larger-than-laptop monitor.
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> I'd *really* love it if I could display the Mac OS 10.9 laptop screen on
> the monitor of my OS 10.5 desktop Mac. I'm using that machine much less the
> past few months, but I really miss the nice big screen.

In this case all you really need is the proper cable and/or adaptor.  Is the 
desktop Mac an iMac or a MacMini?  If the former, things are not so easy, but 
what you *can* do (if both machines are on a network) is to 'share' the 
laptop's stream (somewhere in preferences there is sharing of things like the 
screen) and then fire up both machines and when logged into the desktop Mac, 
run the screen sharing program (whatever MacOS calls its version of vncviewer) 
and open the laptop's 'screen'.  If the desktop Mac is a MacMini, then you 
just unplug the monitor connection from the MacMini and plug it (with a 
suitable adaptor if needed) into the laptop.

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> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Maria Korolov <
> maria at tromblyinternational.com> wrote:
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> > I use Chromecast and LOVE it.
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> > It costs around $35, and plugs into the back of the TV. Then you download
> > the app on to your smartphone, tablet, or get an extention to your Chrome
> > browser.
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> > Most of the popular video apps already have Chromecast support -- if
> > you're watching Hulu or Netflix or YouTube you just press the little
> > Chromecast button on the screen and it sends the video straight to the TV.
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> > And if you have the extension, then ANY video you've got playing in your
> > browser gets sent to the TV, whether or not the site is designed to work
> > with Chromecast or not.
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> > You can then use your smartphone, tablet, or laptop as a remote control to
> > pause, rewind, or restart the movie.
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> > The way the Chromecast works, is that it connects to your WiFi network, an
> > downloads the video directly from the source -- so your smartphone or
> > tablet isn't slowed down at all. In fact, you can continue using them for
> > other things -- even watching other videos.
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> > We have several people in the house with mobile devices, and they've all
> > installed the app, and can cast videos to the big-screen TV in the living
> > room. We haven't had any battles yet for who gets to control the TV, but
> > that's because we're all civilized adults. :-)
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> > There's also some kind of "guest" feature to allow access to the
> > Chromecast for people who you don't want to allow unto your home network,
> > but I haven't had to use it yet.
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> > I hear Amazon's FireStick does something similar, but I haven't used it.
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> > I give the Chromecast five stars out of five. More, really, since it has
> > very much exceeded all my expectations.
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> > -- Maria
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> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Christine Polaczak <
> > chris at cpdesignworks.com> wrote:
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> >> Good morning, Hidden-Tech.
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> >> How can I connect a laptop to a television for video viewing on that
> >> larger screen? What hardware/software is involved?
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> >> Thanks in advance for your help.
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> >> Chris
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> >> Christine Polaczak
> >> chris at cpdesignworks.com
> >> 413 539-3582
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